Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I said in the statement, the area of community justice is a priority for the department and for myself. We are working on the issue on several fronts, including encouraging community policing with the Department of MACA, and including the training and recruitment of JPs from the communities. We have expanded and increased the level of funding for community justice committees. We also transferred about a million and a half dollars to the health boards to help deal with community supervision, in particular in trying to find alternatives to incarceration. The bush camp program has worked very well in many communities, and we are encouraging individuals to contact the department to see if they might be suitable candidates to open such facilities. As I indicated, we have a very limited amount of money to assist these camps, but it is something we are working on, which includes educating the public and educating government on how important community justice is and what results can come out of it. We, in the Department of Justice and the government, are very interested in discussing the issue in all of the regions including the Member's region to see what we can do in this area. Thank you.
Goo Arlooktoo on Question 9-13(6): Expanding Community Justice In Mackenzie Delta
In the Legislative Assembly on June 4th, 1998. See this statement in context.
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Question 9-13(6): Expanding Community Justice In Mackenzie Delta
Item 6: Oral Questions
June 3rd, 1998
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Goo Arlooktoo Baffin South
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